Assistant hall director vs resident advisor

The differences between assistant hall directors and resident advisors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an assistant hall director has an average salary of $45,533, which is higher than the $25,324 average annual salary of a resident advisor.

The top three skills for an assistant hall director include residential life, desk assistants and co-supervise. The most important skills for a resident advisor are residential life, crisis management, and incident reports.

Assistant hall director vs resident advisor overview

	Assistant Hall Director	Resident Advisor
Yearly salary	$45,533	$25,324
Hourly rate	$21.89	$12.18
Growth rate	10%	12%
Number of jobs	5,127	44,792
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Average age	42	26
Years of experience	4	-

Assistant hall director vs resident advisor salary

Assistant hall directors and resident advisors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assistant Hall Director	Resident Advisor
Average salary	$45,533	$25,324
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $70,000	Between $16,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Santa Barbara, CA
Highest paying state	-	Maine
Best paying company	-	American Ballet Theatre
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between assistant hall director and resident advisor education

There are a few differences between an assistant hall director and a resident advisor in terms of educational background:

	Assistant Hall Director	Resident Advisor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Most common major	Psychology	Psychology
Most common college	Johns Hopkins University	University of Pennsylvania

Assistant hall director vs resident advisor demographics

Here are the differences between assistant hall directors' and resident advisors' demographics:

	Assistant Hall Director	Resident Advisor
Average age	42	26
Gender ratio	Male, 46.8% Female, 53.2%	Male, 45.3% Female, 54.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 6.1% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 15.3% Unknown, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 15.0% Asian, 7.6% White, 55.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	8%	13%

Differences between assistant hall director and resident advisor duties and responsibilities

Assistant hall director example responsibilities.

Lead a group of ten RAs on seven day six night backpacking trip as part of training
Act immediately and appropriately in an emergency situation, including calling emergency units and administering CPR or first aid.
Promote sensitivity to multicultural issues and advocate support for a diverse environment.

Resident advisor example responsibilities.

Engage, educate and empower participants to access community base resources in order to achieve greater self-determination, rehabilitation and recovery.
Train in emergency situations including CPR certification.
Act immediately and appropriately in an emergency situation, including calling emergency units and administering CPR or first aid.
Engage, educate and empower participants to access community base resources in order to achieve greater self-determination, rehabilitation and recovery.
Deliver telemedicine system to support and improve data driven health management and care delivery programs of various state governments in India.
Train to administer basic first responder first aid as necessary to youth, including, cardiopulmonary and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Assistant hall director vs resident advisor skills

Common assistant hall director skills

Residential Life, 28%
Desk Assistants, 18%
Co-Supervise, 6%
On-Call Rotation, 5%
Community Development, 4%
Crisis Management, 3%

Common resident advisor skills

Residential Life, 20%
Crisis Management, 8%
Incident Reports, 6%
Mental Health, 5%
Conflict Resolution, 4%
Role Model, 4%

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